The Albright Reporter won a bronze medal for “Magazines: Four-Year Colleges & Universities, 1-3 color,” in a competition conducted by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II. This is the second year in a row that the magazine has placed in this competition.

District II includes 600 institutions from Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and West Virginia.

The Albright College Choir, directed by Adlai Binger, celebrated the holiday season with country singer Kenny Rogers as they performed with him in his show, Kenny Rogers and Friends Celebrate the Season, at the Sovereign Center in Reading in December. Singers Rebecca Lynn Howard and Billy Dean also performed in the show.

This is the second time the Albright Choir has performed in this show. The Choir provided back-up vocals for Howard and Dean on the song “Let It Be Christmas” by Alan Jackson during the first half of the concert. They returned to the stage during the second half to perform a Christmas medley with Rogers. The medley included a number of songs including “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World” and “O Holy Night.”

“Kenny seemed very pleased with our performance, recognizing us at the end of the show,” said choir member Jordan Mauger ’06. “It was an honor just to be asked to participate in such a prestigious event.”

Amy Lucas ’06 agreed, “I don’t even remember singing. I remember looking at the crowd, looking at Kenny and just thinking... my God, how did we get here?! It was the experience of a lifetime.”

From the early days at Union Seminary to the reconstruction of Shirk Stadium, Albright at 150: A History in Photographs captures the memories, the milestones and the many faces of Albright College throughout the past 150 years.

An added bonus is the eloquent forward written by Albright’s own Richard G. Androne, Ph.D., professor of English.

Available in the Albright Bookstore or by calling 610-921-7270.